Board Meetings Can Be Fun
This is my first post for the new Mendocino Environmental Center website. I want it to be fun, inspiring, heroic, and meaningful. Well, actually, all I’d like to talk about is another board meeting. Sounds boring, right?
Actually, ever since I’ve been on the MEC board, the meetings have been anything but boring. Well, maybe there was one back there somewhere that just didn’t flow well, but all in all, it’s actually the most productive and interesting group I’ve ever worked with. In each meeting, we use the system of consensus, to the best of our abilities, generally with a great deal of success. I’ve heard some negative reviews about that style of processing, but here I’ve learned how functional it can be. Each issue that comes up is presented to the group, discussed, and we are usually able to agree on what needs to happen. The last few meetings in particular, we’ve gotten quite a bit accomplished.
Last night at the meeting a number of fun community activities were approved. In the next 3 or 4 months the MEC is going to have 5 or more opportunities to party! The first event will be on Feb. 15 at Ukiah Brewing Co.: Chris Skyhawk will be playing his unique political acoustic music, there will be a silent auction, friends, food, beer, and some other entertainment to keep you enthralled. This will be a benefit for KMECLP radio, the MEC’s low power, community-centered radio station. On March 1 is the 20th anniversary of the MEC! How did it happen that the place has been there that long and you just now noticed it? Find out at the potluck and community acoustic jam that night at the Center. Also, a way off but last year was a great time, is the second annual Earth Day Celebration with booths and music in an outdoor setting. We’ll also be celebrating spring on the Spring Equinox with another great event. So start thinking about these dates and look for more information concerning them to be posted soon. If you’re interested in helping to organize or volunteer to help make it happen, contact the MEC and we’ll help you help us!
 If you have an idea for a fundraiser or event that you would like the MEC to be a part of, contact us so it can be put into motion. That’s what the Center is about: creating fun and peace through the ideas of many different people from many different places.
 As the MEC and it’s board move away from just making sure we’re standing on solid ground, to actually creating a place for activism to be put in motion and parties to be held again, things are more fun all the time. We need folks like you to help keep the momentum up, so come on down to one of our events and introduce yourself. We are a diverse group of hodge-podgers and do-gooders that love more opportunities to integrate members of the community. Ukiah is a beautiful place, a secure home, and a nice place to be. I’m glad to have the MEC and KMEC to keep the fun rolling. PEACE
